Matteo Rosca is currently pursuing his Master鈥檚 degree at the Universit脿 “La Sapienza” di Roma and is joining 杏吧原创 University as part of his research activities. During this period, he will be working as a Research Assistant under the co-supervision of Dr. Kamal Hossain. His research will focus on 鈥淐omparative Life Cycle Assessment of an Electric Vehicle and an Equivalent Conventionally Fuelled Model,鈥� contributing to sustainable and ecofriendly environment. Matteo completed his undergraduate studies in Environmental Engineering at the Universit脿 “La Sapienza” di Roma in 2024 and brings a strong academic background to his research work. We are pleased to welcome Matteo to the ARTEL research group and look forward to his valuable contributions. Welcome to ARTEL, Matteo, and best wishes for your research journey!

Earth’s climate has changed. Therefore, in recent years, countries across the world experience so many days of very high temperatures and other abnormalities. High temperatures deteriorate asphalt road performance and we then see so much cracking and potholes on roads. We need to adapt pavement design and road material specifications based on new climate conditions. Canada is no exception.

Dr Kamal Hossain was on CBC Radio commenting on Saskatchewan road conditions…

• CBC link:

• Audio clip:

It is from 13:40 to 15:40

Recently Dr. Kamal Hossain聽was interviewed by CBC on Ottawa pothole issues and how these can be mitigated in the future. Here are the news article and news report links with commentary from Dr. Hossain.

• CBC article

• CBC TV

It is from 20:05 to 25:50

Congratulation to Alyssa Bernier for winning this year’s Canadian Technical Asphalt Association (CTAA) Graduate Scholarship award. Canadian Technical Asphalt Association鈥檚 Scholarship review committee selected her as the winner of this competitive award for 2021. Alyssa Joined our pavement research group just this spring and started to make us proud.聽 Keep up the good works Alyssa.

It was amazing to see our research group member Alyssa Bernier receives Earl Kee Award at the 67th Annual Conference of CTAA at Kelowna British Columbia!!! It was for her technical paper presentation titled “Selection of Appropriate Binder Grade for Changing Climate and Its Influence on Pavement Performance” authored by聽Surya Swarna 补苍诲听 Alyssa Bernier!!!. Congrats!! Very proud of you!

at 杏吧原创 University, Ottawa always seeks applications from prospective graduate students (PhD/MASc) (1) who are highly motivated for research and for developing and generating new knowledge, (2) who have strong academic records, (3) who have some research or practical experiences in transportation engineering, pavement engineering or other civil/environmental engineering field. Experience is not mandatory for applicant with strong academic records. The selected graduate student(s) will be conducting research in the areas of transportation engineering.

The applicants who meet the above criteria are strongly encouraged to contact Professor Kamal Hossain 补迟听kamal.hossain@carleton.ca聽for consideration. If you are interested to join our research team, please send your detailed CV, BEng and MEng transcripts, and English language test result (if applicable) while contacting. Based on review of the applicant’s documents, only selected candidates will be contacted for the next step. Due to large volume of emails, please accept my apology for not being able to respond every individual’s email(s).

Please know that, if English is not your first language, you need to complete TOEFL or IELTS English language test before you apply. A minimum score of 86 overall with minimum 22 in writing for the TOEFL iBT test and 6.5 overall with minimum 6.0 in each band for the IELTS test is required for recommendation.